Apparel-corset



D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET. APPLICATION FILED NOV. M1919.

Patented Jan. 20,1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

, INVENTOI? D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLlCATlON FILED NOV. 1 1919.

- Patented 11311.2(), 1920.

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/NVENTOR DANIEL KOPS, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

Application filed November 1, 1919. Serial No. 335,022.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL Kors, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in AppareLCorsets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparel corset and more particularly to that type of such garments in which there are employed tension devices in the front portions thereof associated with the front steel sections in such a manner as to support the underlying parts of the body of the wearer. I am aware that heretofore various forms of tension straps have been employed as uplift devices and I am also aware that heretofore apparel corsets have been provided with tension straps or other devices for causing the front steel sections at or adjacent the waist line thereof to be drawn inwardly or maintained in a predetermined position so as to force the upper ends of the front steel sections outwardly. In no instance, however, so far as I am aware, has a corset garment been so constructed as to include a device that produces both an upliftin effect to support the abdomen and also a flattening effect at the waist line of the garment to support those parts of the body of the wearer between the waist line and the groin section. The object of my present invention therefore is the provision of a corset garment in which the tension straps employed are so shaped and inserted in the body of the garment as to produce both these effects when the garment is adjusted to position on the body of the wearer.

The corset made in accordance with my present invention will be hereinafter more particularly described in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the corset garment embodying my present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the inner side of the garment, and

Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 33, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, the corset garment embodying this invention includes as is customary, corset body halves 10 and '11, in the front portions of which there are fitted corset steels 12 and 13 connected by the usual clasps 14. In the front portion of each corset body ha1f,.there is a front steel section 15 which is secured to the body of the garment along the forward edge thereof from the upper edge to a line which is indicated at 16 from which the lower part of the body portion of the garment as well as the skirt section 17 thereof are free or unconnected from the front steel sections. At the rear of the garment, as will be understood, the usual eyelets and laces are em ployed for securing the garment in place on the body of the wearer.

In carrying out this invention, I employ a tension strap 18 made of suitable elastic fabric or other material, and as clearly illustrated in the drawing, this strap member 18 is substantially triangular in plan. Along the longer edge of the strap, the same is secured to the front steel section of the garment, extending from its upper end at approximately the waist line of the garment 'as indicated at 19 to the lower end of the front steel section as indicated at 20.. This tension strap 18 is carried rearwardly toward the hip section of the garment and at its opposite edge is provided with a reinforcing tape 21 in which there is aseries of eyelets 22. Also as indicated in the drawing, the lower edge of the tension strap tapers upwardly, while the upper edge of the tension strap tapers downwardly. Also secured in each corset body half, I employ an anchor strap 23. This is suitably secured in the body of the garment adjacent the hip section thereof and is provided with a series of eyelets 24:. An adjusting lace 25 is threaded through the eyelets 22 as well as the eyelets 24:, and also passes through eyeletsv 26 in the body of the garment to the outer side thereof so as to be secured in a knot 27 after the parts have been adjusted to place to hold the same in position.

As illustrated in Fig. 2 in the open or unadjusted position when the garment is off the body of the wearer, the tension strap 18 is so shaped and connected in the garment relatively to the anchor strap 23, that the inner or reinforced end of the strap 18 is appreciably lower than the anchor strap 23, and as will be readily appreciated when. the garment is on the body and in the adjusting of the garment to position, the adjusting lace 25 in being tightened, olaces a tension on the strap 18 and in doing so, causes the same to move about the line in which the same is secured to the front steel section so that an uplifting or upwardly pulling force is exerted in the lower portion of the strap, while a downwardly exerted pulling force is applied to the upper portion of the tension strap. The pulling force applied to the lower end of the strap is exerted against the lower front steels and causes these steels, together with the lower section of the strap, to lie against the abdomen of the wearer to support the same, while the downwardly pulling force along the upper section of the strap is exerted against the waist line portion of the front steels to maintain the same in such a position that they provide a support for the parts of the body underlying the corset at the waist line and also tend to force the upper ends of the front steel sections outwardly.

\Vhilc I have herein shown and described my present invention as applicable to a back lace corset, it will be understood that the same may be applied to a front lace corset and also with equal advantage to either form of corset in which no depending skirt members are employed.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an apparel corset, a front steel section, and a strap member secured along one edge to the said front steel section and extending from a point adjacent the lower end thereof so as to overlie the groin section of the body to approximately the waist line of the garment, and at the opposite side thereof to the body of the garment adjacent the hip section thereof so that when the garment is adjusted to position there is exerted an upward pull in the lower portion of the strap against the lower portion of the front steel section to exert an upward pressure against the underlying portion of the body of the wearer and there is also exerted a downward pull in the upper portion of the strap from the waist line section of the garment to maintain the same in position and thereby support the underlying portion of the abdomen of the wearer.

2. In an apparel corset, a front steel section, a strap secured to the front steel section and extending from a point adjacent the lower end thereof so as t6 overlie the groin section of the body of the wearer to approximately the waist line of the garment, the said strap extending rearwardly from the front steel section, and means for adjusting the said strap to position to exert an upward pull in the lower portion of the strap against the lower portion of the front steel section to exert an upward. pressure against the underlying portion of the body of the wearer, and also to exert a downward pull in the upper portion of the strap from the Waist line section of the garment to maintain the same in position and thereby support the underlying portion of the abdomen of the wearer.

3 In an apparel corset, a front steel secneaaers tion secured to the front edge of the corset body, with the lower end of the front steel section free from the corset body half, a triangular shape tension strap secured along its base or longest edge to the said front steel section and extending from the lower end thereof so as to overlie the groin section of the body of the wearer to approxi mately the waist line section of the garment, the said strap extending rearwardly toward the hip section of the garment, and means for adjusting the said strap to position to exert an upward pull in the lower portion of the strap against the lower portion of the front steel section to exert an upward pressure against the underlying portion of the body of the wearer, and also to exert a downward pull in the upper portion of the strap from the waist line section of the garment to maintain the same in position and thereby support the underlying portion of the abdomen of the wearer.

4. In an apparel corset, a front steel section secured to the front edge of the corset body, with the lower end of the front steel section free from the corset body half, a triangular shape tension strap secured along its base or longest edge to the said front steel section and extending from the lower end thereof so as to overlie the groin section of the body of the wearer to approximately the waist line section of the garment, the said strap extending rearwardly toward the hip section of the garment, an anchor strap secured to the corset body half adjacent the hip section thereof, and means for adjustably connecting the anchor strap to the adjacent end of the triangular shape strap to exert an upward pull in the lower portion of the strap against the lower portion of the front steel section to exert an upward pressure against the underlying portion of the body of the wearer, and also to exert a downward pull in the upper portion of the strap I from the waist line section of the garment to maintain the same in position and thereby support the underlying portion of the abdomen of the wearer.

5. In an apparel corset, a front steel section secured to the front edge of the corset body, with the lower end of the front steel section free from the corset body half, a triangular shape tension strap secured along its base or longest edge to the said front steel section and extending from the lower end thereof so as to overlie the groin section of the body of the wearer to approximately the waist line section of the garment, the said strap extending-rearwardly toward the hip section of the garment, an anchor strap secured to the corset body half adjacent the hip section thereof, and a lace passing through eyelets provided therefor in the said anchor strap and the adjacent endof the said triangular shape strap for adjusting the triangular shape strap to position to exert an upward pull in the lower portion of the strap against the lower portion of the front steel section to exert an upward pressure against the underlying portion of the body of the wearer, and also to exert a downward pull in the upper portion of the strap from support the underlying portion of the abdo- 10 men of the wearer.

Signed by me this 24th day of October,

- DANIEL KOPS. 

